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John Lamb was one of the unsung heroes of the diving industry. Mark Powell, Technical educator / author
John Lamb’s name is synonymous with oxygen. He literally wrote the book on it.
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,Sensors, like sharks, have suffered from some bad PR. Rosemary E Lunn
,I have lost not only a boss, but a great mentor and a friend. Ryan Swaine, Vandagraph
Ryan Swaine at a UK Dive Show in 2014. He was in excellent form considering he was very jet lagged. Ryan's job with Viamed / Vandagraph meant he would regularly travel abroad for work.
,,John and I have been friends, partners and soul mates since we met in our school days 64 years ago. Jean Lamb, Vandagraph
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John and Jean Lamb with Steve Nixon at EUROTEK's pre-dinner drinks reception
It is only fitting that I leave the last words to John S Lamb.
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"We are really excited because for the first time ever, GUE communities from around the world will gather together this weekend to celebrate our love for diving.
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In September 2014, Egyptian national and technical diver Ahmed Gabr performed a deep dive off Dahab in the Egyptian Red Sea under the auspices and observation of adjudicators from The Guinness Book of Records.
,While I to some extent can appreciate why you are not keen on being subjected to a possible toxic backlash—which sadly is a behaviour I have witnessed before in the tech community, I grant you that—and want to protect yourself from it, I find
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He has been diving with a Liberty since the very first prototype and has helped with many SW and HW innovations (CCR bailout mode included). Since 2017, he has been collecting and recording his experiences and methodics using bailout rebreathers.
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The world is dotted with beautiful locations, and there exist many excellent dive operations across the globe that also rightly deserve praise and accolades for the adventures and wildlife encounters they offer their patrons and for the way they m
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This is frightening, as not only do students risk their lives when participating in these “farces” of training trying to pass as dive courses, but these fast-track courses also endanger the credibility of the entire dive industry.
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As divers age, it is important to prevent injuries and dive without pain. Diving off a boat is different than from diving in caves.
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There may be several variations on the basic theme, but I have found the simple way to rig steel cylinders to hang this way is to break the process of rigging them into a series of simple steps.
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The situation was very different in the early 1990s, when mixed-gas diving was just beginning to gain traction following Dr Bill Stone’s successful 1987 Wakulla Springs Project—the first large-scale, mixed-gas expedition conducted by the who’s who
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Clemens Schutzenhofer of Suex stated "This was not a casual, opportunist theft.
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Personally, my real passion is diving deep wrecks; however, due to weather, most wreck expeditions only take place between May and October. So, some years ago, I came up with the idea of pursuing cave diving.
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Harris is now travelling back to Australia with fellow cave explorer Craig Challen and other amazing Australian team members from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australian Federal Police and Australian Defence Force.
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Although rain has started to fall at the cave site, the conditions have not significantly changed yet, therefore the principles of the rescue followed the same format as yesterday.
,Ivan Karadizic, a Danish diving instructor, was on holiday in Thailand when he heard the news of 12 boys and their coach were trapped in a flooded cave. He set off to help with the rescue.
, ,I cannot understand how cool these small kids are, you know? Thinking about how they've been been kept in a small cave for two weeks, they haven't seen their mums."
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In the UK when the decision is made to deploy a cave rescue team, a number of further decisions have to be made and a 'Surface Control' team is needed.
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Jason Mallinson and Chris Jewell are both members of the Cave Diving Group - the oldest amateur technical and cave diving o
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